Introduction
The following list are the sanctioned repair and detection tools that are supported and given out by the appropriate and direct vendors of tools. Note that if you cannot get to one or more of these, you might be infected with conficker or any of the other many malicious programs out there. Try another, at the time of this writing, not all of these are blocked by conficker and any of them will work.
Check to see if you are infected
Thanks to Joe Stewart from SecureWorks for his awesome work.
Conficker Working Group's "Custodian of the Tools"
The Internet Storm Center/DSHIELD has stepped forward to keep track of all the tools. The list below is a copy from that list, hosted here:
Tools List
Vendor | Remediation Guide (s) | Free Software to Clean up Conficker | Extras |
Microsoft | Protect yourself from Conficker | Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool | |
AhnLab | Conficker Removal Tool v3 | ||
ESET | ESET's Threat Encyclopaedia | Removal Tool | |
F-Secure | F-Secure's W32/Downadup.AL | F-Secure Malware Removal Tool | |
Kaspersky | How to remove network worm Net-Worm.Win32.Kido | Kaspersky's Removal Tool | |
McAfee | McAfee's Page on "Protecting yourself from Conficker | Stinger | Combating Conficker Worm |
Sophos | Conficker: How to Prevent It and Remove It | Sophos Conficker Clean-Up Tools | |
Symantec | Worried about Conficker? A few simple steps can protect you Simple steps to protect yourself from the Conficker Worm W32.Downadup - Removal | Symantec Removal Tool | |
TrendMicro | WORM_DOWNAD.E | TrendMicro |